The Town Scryer is a mixed bag of humor, socio-political observations and ephemera from the perspective of a eclectic Pagan veteran of the counter-culture.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Further Adventures in Cognitive Dissonance

A Victorian-era lachrymosa, also called lachrymatory, tear catchers, or tear vials. Sometimes worn on a necklace, sometimes merely held, they were used the gather the tears wept by mourners at funerals. One type of lachrymosa had a special top which allowed the tears to evaporate (signifying the time to stop mourning), others had a sealed top to allow the tears to last for a year, at which point they would be poured on the grave of the person whom the tears were wept for

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Over the years I have been married, divorced, served as clergy at several handfastings, written for a couple of national magazines and a local newspaper. I have owned a race horse and been owned by several cats. I mined gold for a season. I have been called a curmudgeon. I no longer deny it.